4th-graders injured in science experiment mishap

Students hurt last week at Villa Madonna

Two fourth-graders were rushed to an area hospital after they were burned Friday in a science demonstration at school.

"All we know, there was a science experiment where something was placed in their mouths, and it caused a reaction and my daughter has some corrosive burns down her tongue and throat," said parent Angie Willmott.

Officials at Villa Madonna Academy said students were involved in an experiment that included dry ice and salt as part of an activity with Mad Science, an outside education company.

Mad Science, a national organization with a Loveland office, declined to comment about the incident.

Sources said one of the students swallowed a chemical that has kept him hospitalized, and parents have questions about the activity.

"What is this protocol that Mad Science has where they place items into a child's mouth?" Willmott said. "We want to know what was the experiment intended to show and where things went wrong?

Willmott's daughter has been released from the hospital, but she had a follow-up doctor's appointment Monday morning.

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